Page 11 - Against All The Others

024 David Bull
©2024 David Bull Publishing ©2024 David Bull Publishing ©2024 David Bull Publishing
OPPOSITE: The essence of Klauser’s memo suggested fitting the more docile 170 hp engine from the 911 S— planned for 1969—into these new 911 R Touring models. He advocated using the 911 S gearbox as well, offering
a higher highway speed but without the acceleration needed for racing. [COURTESY PORSCHE CORPORATE ARCHIV]
Changes to the chassis are not required.
Eight days later another memo emerged:
Please convert a 911 R—as discussed between Messrs. Raether and Klauser—as a sample car to a 911-S engine with comfort equipment installed. Basis of the conversion is the memo from KDT from 9 January.
The memo included plans already made for storing the 911 R engine and gearbox. It then called for a precise cost estimate. Another unsigned memo appeared immediately:
Rebuilding costs 911 R (gross prices)
Wage costs for approximately 38.8 hours: 776 DM Approximate materials cost: 12,166 DM
Total: 12,942 DM
1 Motor 911 R approximately 16,500 DM
1 911 Oil cooler 205 DM
Total: 16,705 DM
From this, Lars Schmidt suggested yet another plan on February 19, 1968:
Proposal for conversion of a 911 R to 911 T Competition Version.
The vehicle 911 R could be converted by the following work into a 911 T competition car. This
has the advantage that the oil cooling system is already installed. In addition, the chassis and equipment are largely equivalent to a 911 T in competition form.
His rough estimate totaled a bit more than 120 hours of labor and provided a figure for that sum. Second and third pages detailed parts lists, and the fourth and final page presented totals, along with an alert that this “statement about the cost of a 911 T ready to race” did not include the cost of oil cooling.
63
1968 RACINg SEASON PREvIEW
©2 Publis